Trauma COVID-19 w polskich metropoliach – przypadek Krakowa
- Institution: Uniwersytet Pedagogiczny im. KEN w Krakowie
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4875-2039
- Year of publication: 2021
- Source: Show
- Pages: 24-49
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/kie.2021.03.02
- PDF: kie/133/kie13302.pdf
The trauma of COVID-19 in Polish metropolises – a case study of Kraków
The article presents the results of research on the socio-cultural trauma induced by the coronavirus pandemic. The research was conducted on a sample of 650 inhabitants of Kraków. The CAWI survey (Computer-Assisted Web Interview) was used in the research. The pandemic and concurrent phenomena resulted in a decrease in living standard. It is related to all the aspects of daily functioning. The rise of coronavirus and its rapid spreading made people lose their existential security. Their current world became uncertain, which resulted in fear and anxiety among individuals. Anxiety, sadness, exhaustion, boredom and loneliness are present among dominant emotions. The presence of negative emotions indicates that the pandemic strongly influenced the emotional and mental lives of the respondents. As a response to the rising trauma, the inhabitants of Kraków mainly applied active strategies of coping with it. It is worth adding that the traumatic process has just been triggered and along with subsequent negative effects, which reveal themselves in the post-pandemic reality, it will accumulate and have a destructive impact on society.